Show HN: GoModel – an open-source AI gateway in Go; 44x lighter than LiteLLM
17MB vs 746MB. A solo founder just shipped GoModel, an open-source AI gateway 44x lighter than LiteLLM—built to cut costs and simplify model switching.
Why it matters
GoModel addresses a real operational pain point for AI-native startups: cost tracking, model abstraction, and caching—at a fraction of the infrastructure footprint. This signals growing demand for lean, developer-friendly AI infrastructure tooling.
The key facts
11 to knowGoModel docker image: ~17MB (vs LiteLLM ~746MB, 44x lighter)
Open-source AI gateway for model provider abstraction
Built by solo founder Jakub (Warsaw-based) since December 2025
Key features: usage/cost tracking per client/team, model switching without code changes, semantic caching, request inspection
Published on Hacker News (Show HN) with early traction (7 points at time of analysis)
GoModel: open-source AI gateway in Go
17MB Docker image vs LiteLLM 746MB (44x lighter)
Features: usage/cost tracking per client, model switching without code changes, semantic caching, request debugging
Solo founder (Jakub, Warsaw) + contributors; development started December 2025
Targets OpenAI, Anthropic, multi-provider abstraction
GitHub: ENTERPILOT/GOModel
Go to the source
Hacker Newsgithub.com
Publisher excerpt: Hi, I’m Jakub, a solo founder based in Warsaw. I’ve been building GoModel since December with a couple of contributors. It's an open-source AI gateway that sits between your app and model providers like OpenAI, Anthropic or others. I built it for my startup to solve a few problems: - track AI usage…